salag

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaR.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saˈlaɡ/ [saˈl̪aɡ]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: sa‧lag

Noun

salág (Basahan spelling ᜐᜎᜄ᜔)

(Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) nest (bird-built structure)
Synonyms: tataghan, pugad

Derived terms

magsalag

Binukid

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaR.

Noun

salag

nest

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaR.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: sa‧lag
IPA^(key): /ˈsalaɡ/ [ˈs̪a.l̪ɐɡ]

Noun

salag

a structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young
a place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young

Verb

salag

to nest
to build a nest

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaR.

Noun

salag

nest

Libon Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaR.

Noun

salág

egg

Derived terms

salagan

Miraya Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaR.

Noun

salág

egg

Derived terms

salagan

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈlaɡ/ [sɐˈlaɡ̚]
Rhymes: -aɡ
Syllabification: sa‧lag

Noun

salág (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜄ᜔)

parry; dodge
Synonyms: sangga, ilag, iwas, pagsangga, pag-ilag, pag-iwas

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsalaɡ/ [ˈsaː.lɐɡ̚]
Rhymes: -alaɡ
Syllabification: sa‧lag

Noun

salag (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜄ᜔)

midwife's attendant
act of assisting a midwife during childbirth

See also

Anagrams

lagas, sagal

Tiruray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaR.

Noun

salag

nest

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaR.

Noun

salag

home or shelter of animals (as of birds' nest)

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaR.

Noun

salág

egg

Derived terms

salagan

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